Archive for June, 2013

I have been thinking about what it means to take up your cross as Jesus talks about in Matthew 16:24. It says, “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.” For the early followers […]

Regular readers of this blog will know that I love cycling and in particular the Tour de France. Every year I look forward to it and do my best to stay up every night to watch it. This year I think it is hard to go past Chris Froome and Team Sky. Froome finished second […]

My wife and I decided to re-read Rick Warren’s book A Purpose Driven Life the other day. We had both read it before separately, but thought we would read it together and talk about it. I first read it in 2004 with someone from church and we talked about it when we caught up. It […]

I read an article this morning about how humanist communities or churches that are being set up at various places around the world. To the outsider they would look like a church service with singing, a positive message, offerings and encouragement to be involved in the community. There is only one difference – no God! […]

Just a quick post to let you know we have revised and updated our discipleship booklet. I have rewritten the introductions to each section, added a key Bible word explanation section in each study (eg Inspiration, Messiah, Intercession) and added a new study titled, “Having a Right View of Jesus Christ”. I am in the […]